Railway-tie.



F. C. SHEARER.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED 050.29.1915.

1,229, 1 54:. Patented Jun 5, 1917.

{ provide a novel form of rail '12) (IN I /mmit may concern:

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FREDERICK C. SHEARER OF EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, ASSIGENOR TO U. S. INDES'IRUCTIBLE TIE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, A CORPORATION OF TEXAS.

RAILWAY- TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J 11110 1917;

Application filed December 29, 1915. Serial No. 69,239.

3e it known that l, Lmmrzmcn C. Slll-IARER, a citizen of the United States. residing at llaglo lass, in the county of Maverick and State of 'lexas, have invented certain new and useful lmprovemel-its in Railway-Ties; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear. and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. "lhis iniention relates to new and useful improvements in railway ties and the prin e'ipal object ol the invention is to provide atie which is adapted to be constructed of rpinforced concrete or any other suit-able lll2ltCl11ll. v, Another ob ect of the invention is to provide a tie having a cushioning block which may be made of wood or compressed fiber so as to provide a resilient seat for the rails.

Still another object of the invention is to plate and rail attaching means therefor. f

A further object of the invention is to provide a tie having its under side recessed to insure the the road bed.

W'ith these and other objects in view, the

proper seating of the same in invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be full y set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings. in which Figure 1 is an ide i iew in elevation of a. tie constructed'in accordance with this invention showing the rails in place thereon.

l 1g. 2 18 a fragmentary top plan view of one end of the tie showing the rail partly ir seetion to more clearly illustrate the details of construction.

i 1g. 3 18 an enlarged longitudinal sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

*. transverse sectional view on 1, and horizontal sectional view on at Fi line g Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates as an entirety the body of the tie coinprisin" a pair of enlarged end members 2 connected by a. reduced portion 3. A suitable longitudinally extending V-shaped rib 4 extends downwardly from the reduced portion. 3 and the lower edge thereof lies flush with the lower faces of the portions 2 hercinbefore referred to. Each of the end members or portions 2- is provided with a transversely extending recess5 adapted for the reception of the cushioning blocks and formed at opposite terminals of the recesses and in the opposite faces of the members 2 are the depressions 6, the use of which will appear as the description proceeds.

Seated in the recesses 5 are the cushioning blocks 7 having extending therethrough the transverse apertures 8 through which suitable bolts 9 pass and these bolts extend through openings formed in the bars 10 which extend longitudinally of the tie on opposite sides thereof and are adapted to seat in the depressions 6 as clearly shown in Fig.5. i

Formed in the upper face of each of the members 2 is a longitudinally extending central groove 11, the inner end of which communicates with the recess 5, and Seated in this groove is the tongue 12 of the rail plate 13. This rail plate 13 is of a size sufiicient to extend substantially entirely across the cushioning blocks and is formed near one end with an opening 14 through which the spikes 15 extend. The opposite end of the plate is bent upwardly as at 17 to form an abutment for the rail clamp 18 provided at its inner end with the flange engaging portion 19. The rail engaging portion and tongue 12 are formed with alining openings through which the bolts 20 extend and these openings register with s'uitable openings 21 formed in the enlarged portion of the tie as clearly shown in- Fig. 3.

it is to be jinderstood that the tie is provided with suitable longitudinally extending reinforcing bars 21 the opposite ends of which are bent upwardly as at 22 while the central portions are arched as at 23 to conform to the shape of the under side of the reduced portion 3 of the tie.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the tie is used in the ordinary manner and the rails seated on the plates 100 and the rail clamp is then slipped in 105 place and held by the nuts on the bolts.

The spike 15- is then driven through the opening 14: and it will be seen that the rail will be. firmly clamped against the cushion ing block and ll( ainstaccidental move- 110 BEST AVAKLABLE COP ment of this invention, it is to be under stood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall Within the spirit and scope of the up ended claim.

hat-is claimed ,is

The combination with a. railroad tie hav- 4 jing cushion receiving chambers near oppo- ""SlhB ends and helng provided with recesses n tsupper side communicating w th said cushion recei\"ing chan'ibers, of blocks scated in said cushion receiving chambers, tic plates seated on the blocks and extending into the recesses, the outer ends of the tie plates being upturned and engaging the outer ends of the recesses to prevent the tie plates from moving outwardly, bolts extending through the ties and tie plates and clamp plates seated on the tie plates and engaging the upturned portions, said clamp 7 plates being held in place by the bolts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERICK C SHEARER. Witnesses:-

Tuos, H. Moss, FLORENCE B. GROVE. 

